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Today's Sports

  • Golf tournaments

    Sharon UMC tourney April 6
    The Sharon United Methodist Church legacy youth group is sponsoring a four-man captain’s choice golf tournament April 6 at Brierwood Golf Course in Shallotte. Cost is $50 per person or $200 per team. For more information, call Van Fulford at (910) 443-1999 or Charlie Tarlton at (301) 502-9647. All proceeds will benefit the youth group of the church.

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  • First Tee golf and leadership...

    By Mike Gildea
    Special to The Beacon
    The Carolina Life Skills and Leadership Academy—a new, state-of-the-art golf and leadership youth academy—will open in early April in Brunswick County under the aegis of the Carol S. Petrea Youth Golf Foundation. The foundation is The First Tee umbrella organization for several local chapters in the region, including The First Tee of Brunswick County.

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  • Scores, highlights of area golf...

    Beachcombers
    The Beachcombers played a net-team tournament Friday at the Pearl. The winners with a score of 217 (+1) were Larry Cecil, Gary Gutheil and Danny O’Connell. Second were Bud Dunham, Brett Dunham, Ed Nocella and Hal Riebesehl at 310 (+14). Gross: Brett Dunham, Gary Gutheil and Dan O’Connell, 89. Net: Dan O’Connell, 65. Dan O’Connell is golfer of the week.

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  • Marie Strickler: Saying goodbye...

    I got the news last fall. Marie Strickler had been hospitalized with a ruptured brain aneurism.
    Marie had been playing golf at Farmstead when she collapsed. Ambulances were called. Over the next months, she was transferred to several hospitals. There were surgeries, rehabs and treatments.
    It went on and on until March 21, when her brave fight ended.

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  • Trojans win golf tourney on...

    Staff Report

    In the fourth Waccamaw Conference golf tournament of the season, West Brunswick finished first by 22 strokes.
    On a chilly, windy day on the St. James Founders Course, the Trojans finished with 355 strokes. West Bladen and Whiteville tied for second. South Brunswick and South Columbus tied for fourth at 382. North Brunswick was sixth (423) out of seven teams.

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  • Trojans’ track teams defeat...

    Staff Report

    The West Brunswick track and field teams beat West Bladen in a meet March 28 in Shallotte.
    In the boys’ meet, Nolan Scoggins won the 100-meter hurdles race in 15.28 seconds (a regional-qualifying time) and the 300-meter hurdles race in 41.95. He won the long jump (20-feet, 2 inches) and tied for first in the 100-meter dash (11.23).
    Spencer Waters won the 800 in 2:12 and the 1,600 in 5:01. Allan Plueger won the 3,200 in 12:04.

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  • Planet Fun Bowling

    Ocean Ridge, March 21: Ed Gruver 244, Terry Zuk 236, John Olio 214. Series: Ed Gruver 618, John Olio 601, Terry Zuk 554.
    Women: Lois Welsh 177, Nance Stamboni 171, Diane Wright 169. Series: Carole Scaler 474, Lois Welsh 445, Bev Furman 428.
    Planet Fun Hospitality League, March 18: Corey Babson 225, 196; Jeremy VanLeeuwen 193. Series: Corey Babson 569, John Hannigan 512, Jeremy VanLeeuwen 500.
    Women: Kristina Cortes 159, Nikki Desimone 158, Kristina Cortes 154. Series: Kristina Cortes 448, Linda Townsend 401, Nikki Desimone 386.

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  • Sports calendar

    Lighthouse run is set for April 20
    The 15th annual Oak Island Lighthouse run and walk begins at 8 a.m. April 20 at the N.C. Baptist Assembly at Fort Caswell and there will be three distances for runners: a one-half marathon (13.1 miles) a 10K (6.2 miles) and a 5K (3.1 miles). Register at www.lighthouse10k.com or at the Southport-Oak Island Area Chamber of Commerce Welcome Center at 4433 Long Beach Road, Southport. Entry fee is $30 per person for the 5K or 10K and $45 for the one-half marathon.

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  • Backwater Report returns with...

    By Cat. Jacob Frick
    Backwater Fishing Report

    Backwater fishing reports have been absent from the Brunswick Beacon for a few months with the sudden and unexpected death of well-known columnist Jeffrey Weeks.
    The Beacon has been in search of someone to take on the task that Weeks made look so easy, and now I have been offered the opportunity to write about inshore fishing.
    I grew up in the small town of Gilbert, S.C., about 35 miles southwest of Columbia, S.C.

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  • Blue water trail blazers give...

    By Barrett McMullan
    Fishing Columnist

    Capt. Brant McMullan once said, “You can’t fight the urge to fish, but you also can’t fight Mother Nature...Adapt.”
    A perfect forecast for Saturday had fishermen in a frenzy all week. All that offseason preparation business hits critical mass once an opportunity to head offshore finally surfaces. The winds were forecast to be light and variable, a fisherman’s two favorite words, and it was clear this would be the first true opportunity to make a run for the blue water.

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